The World Line of the Horizon Star

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world

And Jet, I thought that the major was a little lady suffragette

February 7th, 2006

Current Mood:

Up, up, and away.

Current Music:

Paul McCartney and Wings: "Jet"

It's been a really fine day, but not for any particular reason, although I'm tempted to attribute a lot of my good vibe to the weather. The last two days have been in the 70's F and sunny. I wanted to go for a walk today. The guys and I were not meeting at Pete's Coffee and it's been awhile since I've been doing my noon walking. Unfortunately, I had to drive over to Oakland to do some banking, so that shut down that idea. Ah well, it was good to drive with the windows down. Some of my Canadian friends have been complaining that they haven't felt the bitter bite of Jack Frost hard enough this year. Pffft! You won't hear me saying that. I love California. This is my kind of weather.

It was still warm and clear when I drove home this evening. I still had the car windows open. There was something in the air tonight. I have no idea what it was, but it smelled fantastic. There are several trees blooming here. I kept sniffing to catch traces of whatever it was all the way home. It's a beautiful night. There's a half-moon in the sky. If it keeps staying warm like this, I may have to roll out the air mattress and my telescope and do some stargazing. I haven't done that in awhile, either. I only got a few nights of that in last summer.

In reverse order . . .

Geeks trivially make the best boyfriends. There is all kinds of documentation on this--very little of it scientific, but a lot nevertheless.

The weather's been great around here too. I almost felt silly wearing my fleece jacket out this morning, but it was nice when I got out of class at eight tonight. I don't envy my mom--she's back east this week.

Re: Boyfriend?

Hmm, scare away all of the shy, kind, and smart ones and see what you're left with... Heh. Someone with whom I worked at a summer vacation job long ago once gave a similar schpiel to his daughter's date. He was de-nutting hogs at the time. I was wondering if this guy had yet scared away all of his daughters dates to the point where the only people left who would go out with her were badasses, meaner and tougher than himself. Something to consider. Heh heh.

Yeah, I know...

I'm not encouraging mine, either, not that she needed it. My daughters' mother had "an active social life" at 15. I'm hoping that I (and possibly their sadder-but-wiser mother as well) can help them keep their heads on straight.